MVPT is limited mailing list for messages that, as stated in the title, are of a Priority nature. Types of traffic would be ARES Net activation’s, SKYWARN activation’s, placing operators on stand-by, or other important information. It will also be used during exercises when it would be appropriate if the situation was real.
It will NOT be used for routine things such as test sessions, radio equipment for sale, meeting announcements or general questions. Please direct those to the Miami Valley Amateur Radio Bulletin Board (MVARBB) or other normal channels.
The idea is to get information to people that, for one reason or another, do not want a lot of the routine messages, such as those with limited e-mail access, pagers, or want to monitor from a work account.
NOTE: As of 17 June 2025 AT&T will no longer be supporting the e-mail to text feature used by MVPT to send messages to cell phones and pagers. Verizon had previously announced that they are also dropping support for this feature. Many of the smaller carriers actually use AT&T or Verizon systems for their traffic. For some time now both has been delaying (sometimes for days) ARES and SKYWARN test messages, as well as actual SKYWARN activations as a “anti-spam” measure. Alternatives suggested by the service providers are impractical due to limited usage allowed for free access, or due to unsupportable costs.
Therefore, going forward, operators that receive these messages as text to cell phones or pagers should consider receiving messages via e-mail. Sign up for email using the process described here.
Current email-to-text subscriptions will be maintained in the system unless you contact the Admin to have them removed. However there is no guarantee that you will receive them in a timely manner, or ever. Going forward, we will not be adding new cell phone or pagers to the subscribers list.
It’s unfortunate that this is happening. But MVPT to pagers and cell phones has had a pretty good run, around 20 years. Which is a very long time in the tech world.